Re: front end alignment for street/strip
[Re: rbkt65]
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10/22/14 09:18 AM
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In that case i would try to get closer to 0 to -.2 deg camber 
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Re: front end alignment for street/strip
[Re: WILD BILL]
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10/22/14 12:39 PM
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If you can find someone near you with the old Direct-Connection Blue Book it tells you how.The book may be a little old but most of the stuff in it stills works today.If you want a front end alignment or want to improve your rear leaf springs on an A,B or E body car you can not go wrong using it.
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Re: front end alignment for street/strip
[Re: rbkt65]
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10/22/14 10:06 PM
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More caster than stock, for keeping the car straight as well as better recovery in the event of getting out of shape. IMHO the more caster you can put in, the better. But be aware that changing caster moves the tie rod end, changing bump steer some. Adding more caster also increases steering resistance. Correct bump steer is very important to reduce toe in/toe out during the run when the car is running with the front higher and should be corrected after the alignment. On my custom built front suspension I limited total travel for two reasons, one for chassis reaction, two for eliminating bump steer at the far end of travel on my particular deal.
Last edited by gregsdart; 10/22/14 10:12 PM.
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Re: front end alignment for street/strip
[Re: WILD BILL]
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10/22/14 10:10 PM
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Personally I would shoot for something like
0 to -.5 deg camber per side. .5 deg cross camber
2 to 2.5 deg caster per side. .5 deg cross caster
1/16" toe per side. Total toe 1/8"
This is assuming you have radial tires on it.
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Re: front end alignment for street/strip
[Re: SportF]
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10/23/14 01:00 PM
10/23/14 01:00 PM
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I haven't done alignment on a ton of B bodies 62-65, but the most castor I could ever get (even with offset bushings) was about 1.5 degrees. Most of them were about 1 degree positive. Has this been anybody else's experience?
Most B-bodys were set at 1 degree positive and many were even negative on caster.We usually use modifications to get as much possible positive caster as we can.Chrysler recommended negative 1/2 to 1 degree negative on manual steering and 1/4 to 1 degreee positive on power steering.Negative makes steering easier,positive makes for better tracking.
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Re: front end alignment for street/strip
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10/23/14 09:05 PM
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I haven't done alignment on a ton of B bodies 62-65, but the most castor I could ever get (even with offset bushings) was about 1.5 degrees. Most of them were about 1 degree positive. Has this been anybody else's experience?
I have done my fair share of alignments and I can atest that getting that much caster (the numbers I posted) can be difficult without offset bushings or even adjustable tubular upper control arms.
In cases where I was not able to get the caster numbers I wanted with what the car came with, I adjusted them to acheive the most positive caster I could get while mainting the camber I wanted and the keeping the splits in line.
Remember, caster is not a tire wearing angle. Camber is.
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